Landscaping + Outdoor Living: Case Study Landscape architect John Gutting had begun to revive the grounds of his daughter’s home in historic Chestertown, Maryland, but, sadly, was unable to design […]

Remodeling: Case Study It was a trade-off: A run-down, poorly constructed house, circa 1969, was located on a spectacular site in Bethesda. The owners were forced to either raze or […]

Custom Builder 2013 Awards Sponsored by the Maryland-National Capital Building Industry Association, the annual Custom Builder Awards honors quality construction, architecture and design by custom builders and remodelers in the […]

Outdoor Living It’s been a while since designing a landscape simply meant planting beautiful flowers and rolling lawns. Today, homeowners are looking for much more than a thriving garden: They […]

Outdoor Vision It’s easy for homeowners planning a landscape project to come up with a wish list of desired features. What is not so easy is creating a design that […]

2014 Architect Spotlight Throughout the Baltimore-Washington region, experienced local architects apply their vision and expertise to a wide range of custom-home designs and renovations. Via the following links, some of […]

2014 Lanscape Visionaries Experienced landscape architects and designers throughout the Baltimore-Washington region apply their vision and expertise to a wide range of projects, including pools and water features, inviting gardens […]

Chic Getaways & CAMILLE BACHRACH LUXURY ON THE MEDITERRANEAN Whether you want an active vacation or a beach break, Columbia Beach Resort on Cyprus’s Bay of Pissouri will fit the […]

Elegant Vibe Twenty years after interior designer Rosemarie Howe and contractor Tom Gilday collaborated on a Chevy Chase renovation, the same clients called them back for an update. This time, […]

Bathing Brilliance LIGHT AND AIRY Designed by Gardenia Orchidea, Italo Ceramica’s new Linear 3D ceramic tile imparts texture and movement to the bathroom with its basket-weave motif. italoceramica.com MOROCCAN MOOD […]

Tropical Touch A Maryland couple who’d grown tired of their outmoded 1980s master bathroom turned to designer Diane Taitt for help. The wife, a physician, wanted a serene retreat where […]

Going Glam When designing the interiors of an expansive new Rockville home, Marlene Weiss Alexander devised an outside-the-box plan for its powder room. “Every inch of this powder room is […]

Signature Style A Nantucket vacation provided inspiration for the sleek, spare design of a Northwest DC apartment. The homeowners—both attorneys—stayed in a cottage designed by Jacobsen Architecture and fell in […]

Waxing Poetic On a sunny day in McLean, Virginia, artist and beekeeper Georgia Nassikas gazes out the tall windows of her second-story studio, taking in the sky, the verdant lawn […]

Design Debuts This fall marks a fresh chapter for the Washington Design Center, which will soon complete its move to a new location in the Franklin Court Building at 14th […]

Back to School Located near the Capitol in Northwest DC, Dunbar Senior High School began life as America’s first public high school for African Americans. The venerable 1916 building was […]